Author: Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward is CISO at Avatier, responsible for security initiatives as well as strategic direction of IAM and security products. A sixteen-year veteran of the security industry, Ward comes to Avatier after five years with MillerCoors where he served as Enterprise Security Manager of the brewing company and USA Information Security Officer for the public company SABMiller. In those positions Ward was responsible for all Information Security initiatives for MillerCoors. Prior to MillerCoors, he served as Senior Information Security Leader at Perot Systems while supporting the Wolters Kluwer account. He previously held the position of Vice President of Information Systems for Allscripts.Ryan is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Time to reconsider your identity and access management suite tooth. A common identity and access management (IAM) decision-making theme in many organizations seems to focus on selecting a “Suite” of…read more →

Time to reconsider your identity and access management suite tooth. A common identity and access management (IAM) decision-making theme in many organizations seems to focus on selecting a “Suite” of…read more →

Information security best practices. Practice makes perfect! This especially holds true in the world of information security where awareness and response capabilities must always be tested to prepare for and…read more →

Information security best practices. Practice makes perfect! This especially holds true in the world of information security where awareness and response capabilities must always be tested to prepare for and…read more →

Risk assessments clean up operations. This interview with Avatier CISO, Ryan Ward, speaks to the overlooked benefits of risk assessment. It recently appeared in Help Net Security and offers best…read more →

Risk assessments clean up operations. This interview with Avatier CISO, Ryan Ward, speaks to the overlooked benefits of risk assessment. It recently appeared in Help Net Security and offers best…read more →

Identity management improves security at a lower cost. My numerous years of information security leadership experience at large organizations have helped me become a well rounded IT security professional. Therefore,…read more →

Identity management improves security at a lower cost. My numerous years of information security leadership experience at large organizations have helped me become a well rounded IT security professional. Therefore,…read more →

Identity and access management manual processes. With all of the publicity around data breaches and information security issues affecting organizations today, I am still amazed to find companies who are…read more →

Identity and access management manual processes. With all of the publicity around data breaches and information security issues affecting organizations today, I am still amazed to find companies who are…read more →